Save the whales: emergency closures needed now

The world watched as Southern Resident killer whale Tahlequah (J35) carry her dead calf, her child, for over two weeks. It’s a visible grief. At the same time, another young female whale, Scarlett (J50) was the recipient of unprecedented emergency intervention to keep her alive. Politicians can no longer avert their eyes, or their attention, and neither can we.[Photo by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Permit #16163.]

We have been working with partners to compel emergency action from the federal government and, given the dire situation that has unfolded over the last few weeks and the lack of adequate action from the federal government, Raincoast and the David Suzuki Foundation are asking that they go further than the measures we have previously called for.

Please use your voice to demand that the new federal Fisheries Minister, Jonathan Wilkinson, takes action.

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Proposed action

Petition for emergency order for Southern Resident killer whales

Dear Ministers,

I encourage you to follow the new additional recommendations of the Raincoast Conservation Foundation and the David Suzuki Foundation in order to prevent the extinction of Southern Resident killer whales.

These groups have already requested that cabinet issue an emergency order under the Species at Risk Act (SARA) to protect this endangered population of whales.

The federal government acknowledged in May that this killer whale population faces “imminent threats to its survival”. Given the dire situation that has unfolded over the last few weeks, I am are now asking that you follow the measures they have already previously called for and go further to include the following actions: